Hear the mellow wedding bells,
Golden bells!
What a world of happiness their harmony fortells!
Through the balmy air of night
How they ring out their delight!
From the molten-golden notes,
And an in tune
What a liquid ditty floats
I'd rather pick flowers
Instead of fight And rather than flaunt my style
I'd flash you a smile ----ALLITERATION (Style has the same beginning sound as smile)
Of clean pearly whites
I've been to the dentist
A thousand times, so I know the drill ----PUN (Drill is used in terms of 'the routine' and the power tool)
I smooth my hair, sit back in the chair
But somehow I still get the chills
He says, peering in
And with a smirk he says, "Don't have a fit, this'll just pinch a bit" ----ASSONANCE (Fit and bit have the same vowel sound)
As he tries not to grin ----LEXICON (This'll is not proper English, as it should be this will)
When hygienists leave on long vacations
That's when dentists scream and lose their patience
Because, good grief, I'd knock out my teeth
And hafta kiss my smile goodbye ----LEXICON (Hafta is a word made up by the band)
This is an example of a pun. Fax sounds like facts but they have two totally different meanings.
http://www.punoftheday.com/cgi-bin/randompun.pl
Hear the mellow wedding bells,
Golden bells!
What a world of happiness their harmony fortells!
Through the balmy air of night
How they ring out their delight!
From the molten-golden notes,
And an in tune
What a liquid ditty floats
This is an example of assonance. The vowel sounds in the sentences repeat. The ending words have the same vowel sounds.
http://www.types-of-poetry.org.uk/51-assonance-literary-term.htm
Don't delay dawns disarming display,
Dusk demands daylight.
Dewdrops dwell delicately
Drawing dazzling delight.
Dewdrops dilute daisies domain.
Distinguished debutantes. Diamonds defray delivered.
Daylights distilled daisy dance.
This is an example of alliteration. The consonant sound of d is repeated throughout the poem.
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~poems/ps/html/alliteration_examples.html
The song "Dental Care" by Owl City is full of rhymes, puns, and wordplay.
Dental Care (Not entire song)
Owl City Dental Care lyrics found on http://www.directlyrics.com/owl-city-dental-care-lyrics.html
(Only includes parts with wordplay)
I'd rather pick flowersInstead of fight
And rather than flaunt my style
I'd flash you a smile ----ALLITERATION (Style has the same beginning sound as smile)
Of clean pearly whites
I've been to the dentist
A thousand times, so I know the drill ----PUN (Drill is used in terms of 'the routine' and the power tool)
I smooth my hair, sit back in the chair
But somehow I still get the chills
He says, peering in
And with a smirk he says,
"Don't have a fit, this'll just pinch a bit" ----ASSONANCE (Fit and bit have the same vowel sound)
As he tries not to grin ----LEXICON (This'll is not proper English, as it should be this will)
When hygienists leave on long vacations
That's when dentists scream and lose their patience
Because, good grief, I'd knock out my teeth
And hafta kiss my smile goodbye ----LEXICON (Hafta is a word made up by the band)